Alice in Wonderland - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Alice in Wonderland or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Alice in Wonderland

[amber]

The film omits the character Mouse from the original novel. He is most notable in the novel for telling the story of the Fury, famous for the phrase: "I'll be judge, I'll be jury," Said cunning old Fury: "I'll try the whole cause, and condemn you to death."'

[sara]

Along with other Disney animated film characters, the Alice characters have been adapted to the Disney comics. They were rarely protagonists themselves but have had crossovers with multiple other characters and at times play individual roles in non-Alice related stories. For example, the Mad Hatter has a part in the Mickey Mouse story "The Blot's Double Mystery" (1955) and the Cheshire Cat appears in the crossover story "Paperin Fracassa" (1967) whose lead character is Donald Duck.

[maureen]

The Dodo is named after the dodo (Raphus cucullatus), a species of flightless birds native to the island of Mauritius. The species went extinct in the 17th century and remains one of the most famous extinct species known. It is the first species whose extinction is blamed on humans. When humans moved to the island they brought cats with them and rats escaped from their ships. The animals killed the young birds and ate the eggs.

[christina]

While recording the voice of Alice, actress Kathryn Beaumont dressed as Alice to better aid her with "getting into character".

[lynn]

Besides Alice, Kathryn Beaumont is also known for voicing Wendy Darling in Peter Pan (1953). She was asked to continue voicing the two characters in later Disney projects until her retirement in 2005. Both characters have since been voiced by Hynden Walch.

[leo]

The March Hare appears in both Alice novels. In the second he is called Haigha.

[albert]

HIDDEN MICKEY: In the scene where Alice grows and gets stuck in the White Rabbit's house, if you look closely at the Dodo bird's flame as he lights his pipe, there is a hidden Mickey flickering in the flame.

[chris]

This was the first Disney theatrical film to be shown on television, in 1954. It was shown as the second installment of the The Magical World of Disney (1954) TV show, edited to fit into a one-hour time slot. It is also the only Disney feature-length cartoon film to have its first theatrical re-release after it had already been shown on television (although the film had been televised only in an edited, one-hour version).

[claude]

Lewis Carroll wrote the riddle "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" as nonsense - it has no answer. This has not stopped people, despite being repeatedly told that there is not, nor should there be, any answer, from trying to contrive one. Among the suggestions are, "Because Edgar Allan Poe wrote on both" and "Because the notes for which they are noted are not noted for being musical notes" (the second of which is very similar to a solution that Carroll himself wearily suggested when he grew tired of people asking him about it).

[elmer]

While the phrase "grinning like a Cheshire cat" was not recorded prior to the 18th century, its origin is possibly older. Carvings of grinning cats appear in churches of both Cheshire and Yorkshire. Some date to the Tudor period (1485-1603).

[amber]

Disneys first animated film set in the United Kingdom. The next three films to do that during Walt's lifetime were Peter Pan (1953), One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), and The Sword in the Stone (1963).

[jessie]

The film never received a sequel, but the Alice character was a regular in the television series House of Mouse (2001). She appears in the direct-to-video releases Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001) and Mickey's House of Villains (2001).

[kenzi]

The King of Hearts seems to be a king consort, husband to the reigning queen.

[camila]

While Walt Disney released his version of Alice in the 1950s, it was not his first inspiration from the Lewis Carrol novels. Already in the 1920s, Disney had created the Alice Comedies. In the series a live-action little girl named Alice and an animated cat named Julius have adventures in an animated landscape. The series lasted from 1923 to 1927, for a total of 57 films.

[kim]

The Mad Hatter from Disney's film made semi-regular appearances in the television series Bonkers (1993).

[jamie]

The White Rabbit is the first Wonderland character depicted in the novel and its Disney adaptation.

[violet]

The King of Hearts in the original novel is a force of moderation in the reign of his wife. He quietly pardons many of the subjects the Queen has ordered to be beheaded when the Queen is not looking. This guarantees few people are actually beheaded.

[caroline]

Dinah, Alice's pet cat, is the mother of kittens Kitty and Snowdrop in the second Alice novel. Kitty is identified with the Red Queen and Snowdrop with the White Queen.

[jessica]

The Cheshire Cat and derived characters appear relatively often in Japanese manga and anime. For example the Pokémon character Gengar, a type of ghost Pokémon, has a grin reminiscent of the Chesire Cat, and similar mischief making abilities.